| 掣 | |||
| drag, pull; hinder by pulling back | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 8 | Total Strokes | 12 | 
| Mandarin reading | chè | Cantonese reading | cit3 zai3 | 
| Japanese on reading | sei setsu | Japanese kun reading | hiku | 
| Korean reading | chey chel | Vietnamese reading | xiết | 
| 掣 | |||
| drag, pull; hinder by pulling back | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 8 | Total Strokes | 12 | 
| Mandarin reading | chè | Cantonese reading | cit3 zai3 | 
| Japanese on reading | sei setsu | Japanese kun reading | hiku | 
| Korean reading | chey chel | Vietnamese reading | xiết | 
| 掣 | [ chè ] to pull, to draw, to pull back, to withdraw, to flash past | 
| 掣肘 | [ chè zhoǔ ] (lit.) to hold sb by the elbow, (fig.) to hold back, to impede, to handicap | 
| 掣電 | [ chè diàn ] to flash, a flash (literary) | 
| ⇒ 安全掣 | [ ān quán chè ] emergency stop | 
| ⇒ 手掣 | [ shoǔ chè ] handbrake, game controller (Cantonese) | 
| ⇒ 牽掣 | [ qiān chè ] to impede, to hold up | 
| ⇒ 鎖掣 | [ suǒ chè ] catch (of a lock) | 
| ⇒ 風馳電掣 | [ fēng chí diàn chè ] fast as lightning |